Waialua - Kahuku - Waihole (House District 47)

Hous e Minor ity F loor L e ad er

2016 State Legislative Overview

Aloha Neighbor,
First and foremost, I would like to thank you for allowing me
to serve as your State Representative. I am proud of the fact
that through community input and also through the spirit of
collaboration with my colleagues at the legislature and the
Governors Office, our district has met significant success this
year, even in light of last years accomplishments.
This legislatures impact on key issues facing Hawaii is
encouragingbut there are still many issues to address. A few
of the advances from this session include:

HB2317 appropriating $150 million for the states Emergency Fund

HB2086 appropriating $37 million into the states Highway Fund
HB1878 $1.7 million for the Aging and Disability Resource Center
HB1943 $1.5 million Medicaid increase for Long-term care patients
SB2618 Inter and Intra-island ferry feasibility study by the HIDOT
HB1689 Organic Foods Production credit lasting from 2017 to 2022
$100 million to cool Public School Classrooms
$108 million for the University of Hawaii system
$160 million for a new high-security State Hospital facility
$80 million towards the States Unfunded Liabilities
$16 million increase to the Weighted Student Formula
$10 million to Preschool Open Doors program
$12 million for Homelessness Support Services
$35 million for repairs and maintenance to Public Housing
$24 million for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL)
$14 million in CIP funds to DHHL
$31 million purchasing 900 acres on Oahu from Dole Food Company
$26 million to improve Farm Irrigation Systems
$7 million for Business Development programs
$3 million for Kupuna Care

Rep. Pouha listens to a North Shore resident about

community projects between Waialua and Sunset.

In the Governors Chambers with Kahuku Football

Champs, KFAST, Keep Laie Cool & Rep. Pouha.

Our work is far from over, but I am thankful to our community

and my colleagues once again for the input and hard work put
into this legislative session, especially in the spirit of collaboration. Without your help, we could not have accomplished
this much. I look forward to continuing to work for our district
and state, thank you for your continued support!
Mahalo nui loa,
415 S. Beretania St. #319, Hon, HI. 96813
808-586-6380
RepPouha@Capitol.Hawaii.Gov

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Rep. Pouha discussing leadership, goal achievement and civic engagement with school students.

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D I S T R I C T 4 7 U P D AT E
$3,000,000 Secured for Kahukus Athletic Facilities!

Left to Right: A.D. Gillian Yamagata, Rep. Cachola, Rep. Yamashita,

Rep. Luke, Rep. Kobayashi, Rep. Pouha, VP Ikaika Plunket, Rep.

DeCoite, Rep. Keohokalole, Principal Masaniai, Rep. Onishi, Rep.
Cullen, Rep. Jordan, former CAS Lea Albert, VP Uila Vendiola

I would like to thank House Finance Chair Rep. Sylvia Luke and Senate
Ways and Means Chair Sen. Jill Tokuda, as well as Rep. Kyle Yamashita
and Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz for working with me to appropriate $3 million
dollars for much needed improvements and repairs to facilities at Kahuku
High & Intermediate School!
The planned bleachers and handicapped accessible restroom are
welcomed improvements!
This appropriation is great news and I will continue working hard to advocate for the improvement of school facilities throughout our district.
A special Mahalo to the House Finance Committee (pictured left) who
kindly journeyed to Kahuku to see first-hand Kahukus facilities needs.
As our community continues collaborating effectively, we can potentially
realize results like this appropriation!

Funding for Kamehameha Highway!

I would like to thank Governor Ige and the legislature for working with our district
and considering the request for a budget change that would seek to obtain $11
million in revenue bonds and $1000 in federal funds for much needed improvements to Kamehameha Highway.
A total of $10,001,000 would be dedicated to the repair and maintenance of
Kamehameha Highway between Kualoa and Kaaawa. The remaining $1 million
would be used for a statewide shoreline study.

$2,500,000 Secured for Wahiawa General Hospital!

I am proud to support the emergency appropriation of $2.5 million for Wahiawa General
Hospital. This appropriation is meant to keep emergency medical services open for
North Shore residents and visitors Thank you to my colleagues at the legislature who
made this happen for country medical services.
After several meetings, hearings and testimony from hospital supporters and other community members the legislature successfully passed a bill that provided this emergency
funding as sustainable plans are executed by the leaders at Wahiawa General Hospital.
[Photo Courtesy: voalte.com]

Water Quality Testing in Waialua!

Over the course of this past session, I obtained an agreement with the Department of Agriculture to conduct water quality testing in the Waialua/Haleiwa
area. I am concerned about runoff potentially causing negative impacts to marine life in the area, including our protected green sea turtle population.
It is my hope that this study will help shed light on any problems with our
coastline or runoff water quality that may be negatively impacting marine and
human life along our coast. [Photo Courtesy: sandislehawaii.com]

Continued Turtle Bay Collaborative Success!

Turtle Bay Resort completed the second phase of a "win-win-win" conservation easement to preserve 468 acres of its mauka land for farming on April 4th,
2016. On the heels of the 2015 conservation easement/purchase, this partnership is a prime model of what can be accomplished by collaboration.
Pictured left, on a site visit to the Kuilima area is (from right to left): Finance
Chair Rep. Sylvia Luke, Rep. Ty Cullen, Rep. Richard Onishi, Rep. Jarrett
Keohokalole, Rep. Feki Pouha, VP Scott McCormick, Rep. Burt Kobayashi,
Rep. Kyle Yamashita, Rep. Romy Cachola, Rep. Lynn DeCoite, ED Doug
Cole, Rep. Jo Jordan and Mr. Ralph Makaiau.

E D U C AT I O N
This session was successful for Education related issues in District 47.
Education improvement is a top priority for Rep. Pouha. Here are a few accomplishments:

Vocational Training Legislation Passed!

Rep. Pouha and his staff discuss HCR103 with Assistant Superintendent Dann Carlson, of the Department of Education.

HCR103: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE TO REINTRODUCE

VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
This session, Rep. Pouha introduced legislation (HCR103)
with the intent of reestablishing vocational training programs
in public schools. This measure PASSED in both the House
and Senate with broad support! Mahalo to the Committee
Chairs that helped to pass this Resolution!
This Concurrent Resolution aims to bolster the vocational
career pathway program in public schools, providing a more
well-rounded curriculum for high school students. The curriculum would allow students to get hands on, real world experience in preparing them for a potential career right out of high
school, with an added benefit of addressing some of our
schools facilities needs.
Rep. Pouha looks forward to working with the Department
of Education and teachers association during the interim to
work on feasibility and curriculum development.

Hauula Elementary Task Force

After Rep. Pouha
met with Hauula
Elem. Admin., the
school decided to
organize their own
task force to help
improve their facilities, like KFAST did.
It was not long before their efforts resulted in an improved parking area at the
front of campus. Hauula partnered with a company that donated the material needed to prevent muddy parking due to
heavy rains. Rep. Pouha encourages district schools to
utilize these types of collaborative efforts.

Cooling our Classrooms

On March 11,
2016, The Hawaii
House of Representatives recognized "Keep Laie
Cool" (KLC), for
its campaign efforts aimed at
cooling Laie Elem.
Classrooms
through donations
and volunteerism.
KLC began August 2015 as Rep.
Rep. Pouha joins Gov. Ige in recognizing
Pouha collaboratKeep Laie Cool for their efforts
ed with a founding
member of KLC on successful strategies in partnering with
state government. In a few months, over $20,000 dollars
was donated to KLC to cool classrooms with Solar Air Conditioning and other cooling methods.
KLC also saved the state hundreds of thousands of dollars
through its work. These accomplishments earned Laie
Elem. the designation of "pilot school" with the DOE to study
various cooling methods. KLCs recognition served as a precursor to Governor Ige's signing of Act 47 on May 6, 2016.
Act 47 gives $100 million to the "Cool the
Schools" initiative.
This initiative provides
funding to cool 1,000
classrooms statewide.
This funding also provides for necessary
electrical upgrades to
provide adequate cooling to those classrooms in need.

Rep. Pouha with other legislators at the billsigning ceremony for Act 47

Alakai Mlama Award

KIANI, the 2016 Haleiwa

Alakai Mlama awardee and
her Ohana with Rep. Pouha

The Alakai Mlama (Service Leadership) award is given to those who

Lead and Selflessly Serve their
respective community, whether it be
at an elementary school or in other
community efforts. Rep. Pouha
began this award two years ago to
honor those selected by their teachers and peers.
Thank you to the teachers, families
and other supporters of all our excellent students as they learn, lead and
serve into the future!

E D U C AT I O N ,

continued

In the summer of 2015 , Rep. Pouha co-founded a partnership called KFAST, which stands for KAHUKU
FACILITIES ADVANCEMENT SUPPORT TEAM. KFASTs mission is to support facility improvements at
Kahuku High & Intermediate School (KHIS) with the hope to help other district schools. Rep. Pouha
collaborated with KHIS & DOE administrators, community & labor leaders, contractors, construction
companies, leaders from other local businesses and private institutions, Legislative Leadership and
Governor Iges Office. KFAST continues to Collaborate and Advocate for the improvement of KHIS!
MAHALO TO ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORT KFAST and KHIS! GO BIG RED!

K ahuku F acilities A dvancement S upport T eam

Below: Shortly after KFAST was formed, we were

COMPLETED PROJECTS:

able to partner with a company that resurfaced

streets in surrounding communities. This company graciously agreed to donate Recycled Asphalt
Product (RAP), which was utilized for: (1) creating
additional parking at the front of campus; and (2)
covering dirt walkways, which increased pedestrian safety on campus. Hauula Elem. also improved their front parking area with donated RAP.

Front of Campus Parking Lot

Back Campus Road Paving/
Widening
Campus Pothole Repair
Debris Cleared from Rooftops
Speed Bumps Painted
Stage Demo & Removal
Track Curb Patched & Painted
Framing, Painting & Windows
added to Press Box
Above: Rep. Pouha with KFAST and
community volunteers as they remove
unneeded concrete & cinder-block
structures on Kahukus campus.

Track Grading & Drainage Improvements

500 ft. of Stadium Fencing Replaced
Aerating, Fertilizing, Weeding
and Mowing of Athletic Field
Varsity Football Locker Room
Beautification
Legacy Pictures & Memorabilia
Posted
Tennis Court Area Cleaning
Gym Upstairs Storage Room Organizing

Above: Rep. Pouha addresses

the audience at a KFAST

Community Meeting held in
December of 2015.
Above & Left:
KFAST members
Dave Lewis, Lea Albert, Pauline Masaniai
and Rep. Pouha

discuss the KFAST

project list and talk
about the need for
a new athletic field
with Gov. Iges
Chief of Staff Mike
McCartney.

Below: KFAST member Dave

Lewis discusses potential projects with community
members.

Gym Concession Room Cleaning

Power Wash Walkway Cleaning
Gym Upstairs Locker Room
Cleaning
Safety Striping Painting around
Campus
Portable Step Painting

2016 Community Survey Results (377 responses)

1. Should physician assisted suicide be allowed?

3. Is rental housing needed for working families and individuals?

5. Should vacation rentals be subject to the same rules and

regulations as other businesses who provide accommodations to the visitor industry?

2. Should the State create a 3-year program for houseless individuals that would house, educate and provide them with work
opportunities?

4. Should the State be allowed to relocate O'ahu Community

Correctional Center (OCCC) to the Halawa Prison site without
a new Environmental Impact Study (EIS) if it is built within
the prison's existing footprint?

6. Should HPV (Human-Papilloma-Virus) vaccinations be

mandatory for students entering 7th grade?

7. Do you support the re-establishment of an Inter-Island Ferry?

8. Do you support increased gun regulations in Hawaii?

9. Should the State extend the sit-lie ban to sidewalks statewide?

10. Do you support the legalization of gambling in Hawai'i?

Selected 2016 Legislation

HEALTH CARE & KUPUNA CARE
Mental Health
Treatment

SB2560: Requires and appropriates funds for the department of health to provide treatment and care for homeless individuals with serious and persistent mental health challenges as a part of its comprehensive mental health system.

Long Term
Health Facilities

HB1943: Provides an inflationary adjustment to the methodology used to reimburse facilities for the long-term care of Medicaid recipients
for fiscal year 2016-2017.

Licensing Inspections

SB2384: Requires the department of health to conduct unannounced visits and inspections, including inspections for relicensing and
recertification, for certain state-licensed or state-certified care facilities, including medical marijuana production centers and dispensaries.

Youth Mental Health

SB2886: Lowers the age of consent from 18 years to 14 years of age to receive mental health treatment and services. Excludes prescription medication and out-of-home or residential treatment.

FIREARMS
Mental Health
Stalking

HB2632: Requires firearms owners who have been disqualified from owning a firearm and ammunition due to a mental illness or due to
emergency or involuntary hospitalization to a psychiatric facility, to immediately surrender their firearms and ammunition to the police.
HB625: Specifies that harassment by stalking and sexual assault disqualifies a person from owning a firearm.

TRANSPORTATION
Moped Registration
Interisland &
Intra-Island Ferry

HB1753: Requires registration, inspections, and number plates for mopeds.

SB2618: Requires the department of transportation to conduct a feasibility study of establishing an interisland and intra-island ferry system.

EDUCATION & HOUSING

Cooling Schools

SB3126: Provides for air conditioning, heat abatement, and related energy efficiency measures at public schools.

Energy Efficient AC

HB2569: Requires the department of education to establish a goal of becoming net-zero with respect to energy use by January 1, 2035
and expedites the cooling of all public school classrooms.

Rental Assistance

SB2566: Transfers excess moneys from the rental assistance revolving fund to the rental housing revolving fund.

Low Income Credit

SB2833: Increases funding for affordable rental housing development by making the state Low-Income Housing Tax Credit more valuable.

Rental Housing

SB2561: Establishes a goal of developing or vesting the development of at least 22,500 affordable rental housing units ready for
occupancy between 01/01/17 and 12/31/26.

Transient
HB1850: Allows transient accommodations brokers to collect taxes on behalf of operators and plan managers using their services. Ensures
Accommodations Tax the subject property is in compliance with applicable land use laws.

LABOR
Social Media
Wage Enforcement

HB1739: Prohibits employers from requiring, requesting, or coercing employees or potential employees to provide access to their personal
social media accounts, subject to certain exemptions.
SB2723: Amends the monetary penalties for contractors who violate wages and hours laws.

HUMAN SERVICES & PUBLIC SAFETY

Sexual Assault

HB1907: Establishes plans and procedures for the inventory and testing of sexual assault evidence collection kits.

Contraception

SB2319: Requires insurance companies cover reimbursement for a twelve-month period of contraceptive supplies.

Sex Trafficking

HB1902: Establishes penalties and strengthens enforcement for sex trafficking crimes, especially when victim is a minor.

Jury Duty

SB2315: Exempts from jury duty a woman who is breastfeeding for a two year period from the time of the birth of the child.

LAND, WATER, & WILDLIFE

Hawaii Water Plan

HB1749: Amends the goals of the Hawaii water plan to include the utilization of reclaimed water for uses other than drinking and for potable water needs in one hundred percent of state and county facilities by December 31, 2045.

Water Rights

HB2501: Requires that where an application has been made for a lease to continue a previously authorized disposition of water rights, a
holdover may be authorized for up to three years or until the disposition is resolved.

Ivory
Industrial Hemp

SB2647: Prohibits the sale or trafficking of any endangered animal or marine species. Provides heirloom exemptions.
SB2659: Establishes an industrial hemp agriculture pilot program.

H AWA I I S TAT E B U D G E T
BUDGET SUMMARY FY2017
The supplemental budget passed with
an increase in spending across all but
3 departments (DBEDT, Lt. Gov, and
DoTax). The legislature appropriated
$7,194,755,014 in general funds and
$13,872,955,713 in all financing means
for fiscal year 2016-2017.
General fund spending increased by
$202,307,536 or 2.81% over the approved appropriations for FY17 in last
sessions budget.
Overall spending from all means of
financing increased by $405,792,059
or 2.93% over last sessions approved
budget.

Selected Capitol Improvements & Grants Related to District 47

FISCAL YEAR 2016
$5,250,000 Nanahu Stream Bridge (Kamehameha Highway): Land acquisition and rehabilitation for replacement
$2,500,000 Kawela Stream Bridge (Kamehameha Highway): Replacement with larger bridge
$800,000

Kaaawa Elementary School: New Portable Administration Building

$240,000

Waialua High and Intermediate: Campus Drainage Improvements

FISCAL YEAR 2017

$6,500,000 Waiahole Water System: Improvements to the Waiahole Water System Infrastructure to BWS standards.
$3,000,000 Kahuku High & Intermediate School: Plans, design and construction for replacement of bleachers and new
accessible restroom facilities at the athletic field; ground and site improvements; equipment and appurtenances.
$2,100,000 Makaua Stream Bridge (Kamehameha Highway): Rehabilitation and/or replacement.
$2,000,000 Nanahu Stream Bridge (Kamehameha Highway): Land acquisition and rehabilitation for replacement
$1,000,000 South Kahana Stream Bridge (Kamehameha Highway): Rehabilitation and/or replacement.
$700,000

Wahiawa Center for Community Health: Construction for the Wahiawa Medical Building

$600,000

Hoola Na Pua: Renovations to a special treatment facility.

$205,362

Kualoa-Heeia Ecumenical Youth (KEY) Project

$100,000

Koolauloa Community Health and Wellness Center

$55,000

Whitmore Economic Development Group: Renovations to former Dole Building within agribusiness tech park.

Representative Feki Pouha

House of Representatives
State Capitol, Room 319
415 S. Beretania Street
Honolulu, HI 96813

- A Message from Representative Pouha -

Community Members Recognized at the Capitol

Aloha!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank our community
members, businesses, organizations, various government
entities and my fellow legislators for another productive year
at the Hawaii State Legislature!
There were many important matters before the legislature
this session, as you have read in this report. We won some,
we lost some but in the end, I feel we emerged a better community through our work to advocate and help meet our
challenges.
I feel that one of the most important lessons to come from
the work this session was the importance of collaboration.
Without it, none of our accomplishments would be possible.
The spirit of collaboration is a driving force for getting things
accomplished for our district. Without government collaborating with the private sector, the community, other government agencies, and across party lines, any efforts made by a
legislator can amount to a lot of talk and pontification
without very much result at all for the community.
Collaboration is not always easy or simple. It requires
experience and an understanding of how, when and who to
collaborate with especially within the legislature and government system.
Without the proper experience, a legislator may attempt to
collaborate with those that actually makes progress for our
community very difficult to attain.
Thus, my goal as your legislator is to foster the spirit of
collaboration and seek out the right people to collaborate
with in order to obtain effective results for our community.
Collaboration does not mean that we see eye-to-eye on all
issues, but it does mean that we come together for great
results when it is in all parties interests to do so. Effective
collaboration means that there is mutual respect. It means
that we will stand firm when we feel that something is not in
our best interest after giving careful thought and fair consideration to a particular issue.
The spirit of collaboration means that our community moves
forward together.
I thank you for your continued support and involvement in
our community. Without you, my team and I could not accomplish what we have over this past legislative session. I
look forward to your continued support and to be able to
work with you, the members of our community, to help our
district progress forward together!
Mahalo!

Rep. Feki Pouha

Top Left: Rep. Pouha joins Gov. Ige in recognizing Dr. Dan Kehoe of North

Shore Mental Health for 20 years of service to the community.

Top Right: Haleiwa Elementary School Principal Malaea Wetzel is honored
as a member of the 2015 Class of National Distinguished Principals.
Haleiwa Elementary has also been named as a National Blue Ribbon
School.
Bottom Left: Rep. Pouha presents a House Certificate to Aolele Taulapapa,
a Kahuku High School Student, for winning 1st place in the Hawaii: Next
50 Contest. As part of the contest, students from Grades 4-12 throughout
the state submitted essays, posters, and videos with ideas about how the
state can reach its 100% renewable energy goal.
Bottom Right: A few members of the Kahuku Varsity Football Team perform
the haka on the House Floor after being recognized by the House of Representatives for winning the 2015 HHSAA Division 1 State Championship.

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